Brooklyn man charged with 2 counts of rape

Tuesday

Jul 3, 2018 at 9:45 AMJul 3, 2018 at 8:21 PM

BROOKLYN — A 56-year-old Brooklyn man was charged this week with two counts of rape, police said.

Floyd Lambert, of 9 Elm St., Apt. A, was also charged on Monday with criminal violation of a restraining order in connection with the alleged rape of a woman in February, according to a criminal arrest summary.

On Feb. 14, a 35-year-old woman told state police she had been sexually assaulted while staying at Lambert’s apartment. She said she and her boyfriend had been staying with Lambert periodically because they had no other place to stay, according to an arrest warrant application.

The woman said she declined Lambert’s initial invitation to sleep in his bed before he began kissing her and removing her clothes. She said Lambert eventually had non-consensual sex with her.

The woman said Lambert later in the evening again sexually assaulted her despite her requests for him to stop, according to the warrant.

“(The victim) stated after the second encounter, Lambert made her lay in bed with him and he told her ‘Happy Valentine’s Day,’” police reported in the warrant.

During an interview with state police detectives, Lambert said he and the alleged victim “fooled around,” but said the sexual encounters were consensual.

While searching Lambert’s apartment, police seized a 20-gauge shotgun and a pellet gun. Because Lambert was the subject of an active protective order, he is prohibited from possessing firearms.